International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 680

Full Length Research Paper

Status and population trend of the common eland in the Kenya – Tanzania borderland: 2010 and 2013 survey analysis

Moses Makonjio Okello
  • Moses Makonjio Okello
  • SFS Center for Wildlife Management, P. O. Box 27743 ? 00506 Nairobi, Kenya.
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John Warui Kiringe
  • John Warui Kiringe
  • SFS Center for Wildlife Management, P. O. Box 27743 ? 00506 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Fiesta Warinwa
  • Fiesta Warinwa
  • African Wildlife Foundation, P. O. Box 838484 ? 3949 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Philip Muruthi
  • Philip Muruthi
  • African Wildlife Foundation, P. O. Box 838484 ? 3949 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Lekishon Kenana
  • Lekishon Kenana
  • Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 209949 ? 003948 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Erastus Kanga
  • Erastus Kanga
  • Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 209949 ? 003948 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Stephen Ndambuki
  • Stephen Ndambuki
  • Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 209949 ? 003948 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Edeus Massawe
  • Edeus Massawe
  • Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, P. O. Box 489357 Arusha, Tanzania.
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David Kimutai
  • David Kimutai
  • Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, P. O. Box 489357 Arusha, Tanzania.
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Machoke Mwita
  • Machoke Mwita
  • Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, P. O. Box 489357 Arusha, Tanzania.
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Hanori Maliti
  • Hanori Maliti
  • Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, P. O. Box 489357 Arusha, Tanzania.
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Samwel Bakari
  • Samwel Bakari
  • Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, P. O. Box 489357 Arusha, Tanzania.
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Daniel Muteti
  • Daniel Muteti
  • Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 209949 ? 003948 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Noah Wasilwa Sitati
  • Noah Wasilwa Sitati
  • African Wildlife Foundation, P. O. Box 838484 ? 3949 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nathan Gichohi
  • Nathan Gichohi
  • African Wildlife Foundation, P. O. Box 838484 ? 3949 Nairobi, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 21 November 2014
  •  Accepted: 07 April 2015
  •  Published: 30 April 2015

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